Toy bank.



P. J. NAGLE.

TOY BANK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 16. 1915.

Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

65 l/VVE/VTOH 412;, ATTORNEY or ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

PETER J. NAGLE,

TOY BANK.

Application filed April 16, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER J. NAGLE, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful loy Bank, fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

The present invention relates to toy banks and an object of the same is to provide a simple and inexpensive construction which may be made from paper board and have provision for preventing the discharge of the coins introduced therein.

To this and other ends, the invention consists in certain parts and combinations of parts all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is perspective view of a bank constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the bank; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the end closure provided with the coin slot closing means; and Fig. 4 is a section on the line a-a Fig. 2 with the covering of the bank removed.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 indicates a body member which is preferably rectangular in cross section an is open at opposite ends. One end of this member may be closed by a closure 2 provided with surrounding flanges 3 ii 'ithin the open end of the body 1. The other end of the body may be closed closure having two extensions 5 at opposite sides thereof extending into the body member and cooperating with the inner face of the closure 2, thus holding the two closures 2 and a in properly spaced relation, the two extensions 5 preferably being cut away at 6 for the purpose of receiving the flanges 8. Either or both of these extensions 5 may be orovided with tongues formed in one piece with the extensions 5 and connected to the latter by scores 8. These tongues are less in width than the extensions 5 and are free to move downwardly when a coin is introduced through the coin slot 9 in the closure 2. The spring or natural tend- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

Serial No. 21,780.

ency of the stock of the tongue 7 is to hold either one of them in a position to close the slot while the other lies beneath the same and exerts an upward pressure on it.

The bank as a whole may be covered with paper ornamented or printed in any suitable manner. Preferably two end pieces 10 are employed each of which overlies one of the end closures, and a band 11 surrounds the body member and overlaps the edges of the end pieces 10.

A toy bank constructed in accordance with this invention is inexpensive to manufacture. It may be formed entirely of paper board and is reinforced in such a man ner as to be very durable. The end closures are held properly spaced from each other without any fastening devices other than the wrapping pieces which cover them and the body member. The coin slot is closed by portions which are in one piece with an end closure so that a separate operation for fastening the coin slot closures to the box is unnecessary.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A toy bank comprising an open ended body member and closures for the opposite ends of said member, one of said closures being provided with a coin slot and the other of said closures having a portion at one side thereof extending into said body member in close proximity to the inner face of one of the side walls and carrying a movable laterally extending fiap on the inside of the body member to close the coin slot to prevent the discharge of the coins.

2. A toy bank comprising a body member, a closure for one end of said member having a coin slot, and a closure for the opposite end of the body having lateral extensions at opposite sides thereof lying entirely within the body member in close proximity to opposite side walls of the latter, with the closure having the coin slot to support the last named closure. one at least of said extensions being provided with a tongue for closing said coin slot.

3. A toy bank comprising an open-ended body member, tWo closures fitting into the open ends of said body member, one being provided With a coin slot, and the other being provided Withtvvo extensions on opposite sides cooperating with the inner face of the other closure, said extensions having tongues at thelr ends in one piece With the extensions and connected to the latter by scores, the tongues normally closing the coin slot, and a covering for the bank hold- 1% ing the closures to the open-ended body member. Y 1 1,

PETER J. N AGLE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. G. 

